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Sunday, September 23, 2018

Bobbing for Mies - Robert Venturi at IIT

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I n the fall of 2005, Pritzker Prize-winning architect Robert Venturi came to modernist shrine Crown Hall to out Mies van der Rohe as a clo...

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Monday, July 09, 2018

Six Bad Arguments for the Exploding Costs of CTA Stations

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CTA Damen Green Line Station, Perkins and Will The blowback – largely on Twitter – to my post about the $60 million cost of the new Dam...

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Tuesday, July 18, 2017

A New Website Showcases Chicago - its architecture, vistas, events and people. Introducing Lynn Becker Gallery

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[September 18, 2010] Father Time Over the past fifteen years, I've taken over 175,000 images, mostly of my thumb. Some are of Sa...

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Friday, July 07, 2017

Spartacus, Newly Relevant in the Time of Trump, two rare 70mm showings at the Music Box

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Spartacus in 70mm will be shown twice at the Music Box Theater , Saturday, July 8th at 6;00 p.m., and 2:00 p.m., Thursday, July 13th. ...

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Saturday, July 01, 2017

For a 100th Anniversary, Chicago becomes the Lions den.

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Note: to see the photographs in full size, click the first one below. You will then be able to use the thumbnail bar at the bottom o...

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